palestinians have been killed since that attack, and the rockets are still flying, air strikes between israel and the gaza strip are continuing and all of that keeps goingen israeli prime minister says his country is quote, prepared to expand the operation and others say that a ground invasion is a strong possibility if hamas doesn't stop firing rockets. hamas has responded saying, quote, the occupation has opened the gates of hell. this has had a direct impact on the price of oil. it's up, not much. it's up a little, but the down trend that we saw recently appears to have come to an end. 86 bucks for oil. as for gold, no real impact there at all. the nine inflation figures, gold 1721 per ounce. president obama defended u.n. ambassador susan rice's explanation for the benghazi. >> for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing do with benghazi, and making a presentation based on intelligence she had received and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous, should i choose, if i think that she would be the best person to serve america, in the capacity, the state department, then i will